{"product_id":"the-american-canon-literary-genius-from-emerson-to-pynchon-hardcover","title":"The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Mikics\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur foremost literary critic on our most essential writers, from Emerson and Whitman to Hurston and Ellison, from Faulkner and O'Connor to Ursula K. LeGuin and Philip Roth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo critic has better understood the ways writers influence one another--how literary traditions are made--and no writer has helped readers understand this better, than Harold Bloom. Over the course of a remarkable sixty-year career, in such bestselling books as \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to Read and Why\u003c\/i\u003e, Bloom brought enormous insight and infectious enthusiasm to the great writers of the Western tradition, from Shakespeare and Cervantes to the British Romantics and the Russian masters. Now, for the first time, comes a collection of his brilliant writings about the American tradition, the ultimate guide to our nation's literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAssembled with David Mikics (\u003ci\u003eSlow Reading in a Hurried Age\u003c\/i\u003e), this unprecedented collection gathers five decades' worth of Bloom's writings-- much of it hard to find and long unavailable--including essays, occasional pieces, and introductions as well as excerpts from his books. It offers deep readings of 47 essential American writers, reflecting on the surprising ways they have influenced each other across more than two centuries. The story it tells, of American literature as a recurring artistic struggle for selfhood, speaks to the passion and power of the American spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll of the visionary American writers who have long preoccupied Bloom―Emerson and Whitman, Hawthorne and Melville, and Dickinson, Faulkner, Crane, Frost, Stevens, and Bishop―make their appearance in \u003ci\u003eThe American Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, along with Hemingway, James, O'Connor, Ellison, Hurston, Le Guin, Ashbery and many others. Bloom's passion for these classic writers is contagious, and he reminds readers how they have shaped our sense of who we are, and how they can summon us to be better versions of ourselves. Bloom, Mikics writes, \"is still our most inspirational critic, still the man who can enlighten us by telling us to read as if our lives depended on it: Because, he insists, they do.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers who want to deepen their appreciation of American literature, there's no better place to start than \u003ci\u003eThe American Canon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and America's foremost literary critic. He was the author of more than thirty books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of J\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eA Visionary Company\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety of Influence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePossessed by Memory: The Inward Light of Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mikics\u003c\/b\u003e is the Moores Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Houston. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Emerson\u003c\/i\u003e and the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eBellow's People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlow Reading in a Hurried Age\u003c\/i\u003e. His reviews and articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770916405536,"sku":"9781598536409","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1a63da759dc632faf7fcdbe138d979a3.webp?v=1780380721","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-american-canon-literary-genius-from-emerson-to-pynchon-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}